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Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, no

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally. – Ulrich Beck

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I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too. – Ulrich Beck

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The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion. – Ulrich Beck

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Religion
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All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many. – Ulrich Beck

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That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding. – Edward Abbey

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In every department of physical science there is only so much science, properly so-called, as there is mathematics. – Immanuel Kant

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Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. – Oscar Wilde

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Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself. – Edwin Land

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